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- Chavez denies offering Russia to deploy base in Venezuala
LISBON, July 24 (Itar-Tass) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has flatly denied reports that he suggested deploying a Russian military base in Veneuzela. during his recent visit to Moscow. He arrived in Portugal late on Wednesday. He said the words that
- Merkel Says Lisbon Treaty Will be Implemented
German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed confidence that the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon will be implemented despite its rejection by the Irish electorate in a referendum last month.
- Italy's Senate approves EU treaty
(AFP) - Italy's Senate on Thursday unanimously approved the European Union's troubled reform treaty, whose future was plunged into doubt when Irish voters rejected it last month. The so-called Lisbon treaty must now pass to the lower house of parliament
- Portugal seizes booty of Congolese war criminal
Other property confiscated from Jean-Pierre Bemba, according to the Portuguese weekly Sol included a house in southern Portugal worth an estimated 2.5 million euros (3.9 million dollars) and two expensive cars. All his bank accounts in Portugal,
- Angola/Portugal: Premier Arrives In Lisbon
Lisbon, 07/23 - Angola's Prime Minister, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, has already arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, to represent president José Eduardo dos Santos, at the Seventh Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Portuguese-speaking
- - Chvez arrives in Portugal to sign agreements
President Hugo Chvez on Wednesday arrived in Lisbon as part of an European tour to sign cooperation agreements and strengthen relations with the government of Socialist Prime Minister Jos Scrates. Chvez, who was coming from Belarus and Russia, met at the
- Presidente venezolano arriba a Portugal
Lisboa, 23 jul (PL) El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chvez, arrib hoy a esta capital en su segunda visita en ocho meses para firmar varios acuerdos con el gobierno de Portugal en materia de energa, viviendas e infraestructura. El mandatario del pas
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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the loss of its Brazilian colony in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal entered the EC in 1985.
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AFP - Chelsea new boy Jose Bosingwa may be forced out of their pre-season tour after picking up an injury in his debut match, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said on Thursday.
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